Flutterby™! : Fascist Psy-ops

Republican discussed violent attacks and surveillance with rightwingers — Washington state representative Matt Shea exchanged messages with far-right figures, chat records obtained by the Guardian reveal

The chats on the messaging app Signal took place in the days leading up to a supposed “Antifa revolt” on 4 November 2017. Throughout late October, far-right media outlets had been stoking fears of political conflict on the basis of planned peaceful protests by a small leftist group.